4 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SAFETY AGENCY TESTING

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No thermal control manufacturer enjoys the safety agency testing process.  No customer can live without it.  On our side, it is expensive, exposes potential problems with our products and takes a lot of time. On the customers side, safety testing provides necessary assurances that the thermal controls they spec will perform as promised.  Every PEPI® thermal control has certifications suitable to popular applications.

Yes, safety testing is an expensive part of all our product design efforts.  It sets up the specific engineering criteria we need to meet and measures both the repeatability and durability of every PEPI® device.  Here are some things you need to know about the testing we put PEPI® thermal controls through.

  1. We always test to the most current standards:

    As product needs change, standards undergo a constant evolution.  By testing to the most current standards, we ensure our thermal controls meet the most up-to-date application needs.

  2. PEPI® certifications eliminate a lot of lead time:

    The time to go through certification testing is before you start designing your new products.  By selecting parts already tested and certified you can put your own product designs on a faster track.

  3. Testing is just the first step:

    By choosing to certify all PEPI® products, we have opened ourselves up to constant scrutiny.  On average there are over 25 agency visits to our facilities every year.  It is certainly invasive, but also the best insurance possible that PEPI® products will perform as specified.

  4. PEPI® products have been tested for hundreds of applications:

    Best of all, this testing is done in safety agency environments ensuring reliability when you spec PEPI®.

Mark Spaner